Genetic Testing

 

DNA TESTING

I currently use Optimal Selection Feline DNA Test Panel due to its comprehensiveness, which includes 40+ genetic health tests, plus blood type, along with traits and genetic diversity.

I have also used Basepaws and UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory in the past.

The Optimal Selection Feline Panel includes testing for the following health issues:

  • Acute Intermittent Porphyria (Variant 1)

  • Acute Intermittent Porphyria (Variant 2)

  • Acute Intermittent Porphyria (Variant 3)

  • Acute Intermittent Porphyria (Variant 4)

  • Acute Intermittent Porphyria (Variant 5) - NEW!

  • Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome

  • Burmese Head Defect

  • Chediak-Higashi Syndrome (Discovered in Persian cats) - NEW!

  • Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

  • Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria

  • Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome

  • Cystinuria Type 1A

  • Cystinuria Type B (Variant 1)

  • Cystinuria Type B (Variant 2)

  • Cystinuria Type B (Variant 3)

  • Dihydropyrimidinase Deficiency

  • Earfold and Osteochondrodysplasia (Discovered in the Scottish Fold)

  • Factor XII Deficiency (Variant 1)

  • Factor XII Deficiency (Variant 2) - NEW!

  • Familial Episodic Hypokalaemic Polymyopathy (Discovered in Burmese)

  • Glutaric Aciduria Type II - NEW!

  • Glycogen Storage Disease

  • GM1 Gangliosidosis

  • GM2 Gangliosidosis

  • GM2 Gangliosidosis, type II (Discovered in Burmese cats) - NEW!

  • GM2 Gangliosidosis, type II (Discovered in domestic shorthair cats)

  • GM2 Gangliosidosis, type II (Discovered in japanese domestic cats)

  • Hemophilia B (Variant 1)

  • Hemophilia B (Variant 2)

  • Hyperoxaluria type II

  • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (Discovered in Maine Coon)

  • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (Discovered in Ragdoll)

  • Hypotrichosis (Discovered in Sacred Birman)

  • Lipoprotein Lipase Deficiency

  • Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I

  • Mucopolysaccharidosis Type VI (G1558A variant) - NEW!

  • Mucopolysaccharidosis Type VI (T1427C variant)

  • Mucopolysaccharidosis Type VII

  • Mucopolysaccharidosis VII

  • Multidrug Resistance 1

  • Myotonia Congenita

  • Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)

  • Progressive Retinal Atrophy (rdAc-PRA)

  • Progressive Retinal Atrophy (Discovered in Bengal cats)

  • Progressive Retinal Atrophy (Discovered in Persian cats) - NEW!

  • Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency

  • Sphingomyelinosis (Variant 1)

  • Sphingomyelinosis (Variant 2)

  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy

  • Vitamin D-Dependent Rickets